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'Power and Problems of the Vice Presidency'

The stage of the 2008 Vice-Presidential debatePhoto by Win McNamee/Getty Images

Guests

Steven Smith: Moderator of the discussion, director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy.

Douglas Kriner: Assistant professor of political science at Boston University.

Michael Nelson: Professor of political science at Rhodes College and a leading scholar of the presidency.

James Pfiffner: University professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University.

Joel Goldstein: Law professor at St. Louis University.

Experts gathered at Washington University in St. Louis, the site of tonight's vice presidential debate, to discuss the role and power of the vice president during a panel discussion titled "Power and Problems of the Vice Presidency." The program was sponsored by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy.